Engineers without Borders
Engineers without Borders IN INTRODUCTION Liban Normann Holm - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Engineers without Borders IN INTRODUCTION Liban Normann Holm - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Engineers without Borders IN INTRODUCTION Liban Normann Holm Assistant Professor at University College Copenhagen Previously Deputy Global Safety Adviser with the Danish Refugee Council Have also worked with DanChurchAid, the UN World Food
IN INTRODUCTION
Liban Normann Holm Assistant Professor at University College Copenhagen Previously Deputy Global Safety Adviser with the Danish Refugee Council Have also worked with DanChurchAid, the UN World Food Programme and the UN Mine Action Service
Why are we conducting this training?
To inform on and discuss Best Practice for Security Risk Management
HOW?
1 hr presentation 45 minutes QA
DAY 1
- Duty of Care
- Pre-assessment
- Assessment (1)
- Decide (2)
DAY 2
- Plan (3)
- Act (4)
- Crisis Management
- Evacuation
- Security Management Plan
- Training & briefs
OVERVIEW
Security is always seen as too much, until the day it’s not enough
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”CAN I GO TO DADAAB?”
Two main aspects of f Duty Duty of Care
Legal Moral
Duty Duty of Care
Duty of Care is a shared responsibility between sending & hosting organisation and the volunteer Define who is part of your Duty of Care
- Management control and oversigt
- 5. februar 2018
“The question isn’t whether an organisation can afford to implement duty of care it’s whether they can afford not to”
WHAT IS IS THE ROLE OF THE SECURITY OFFICER?
The individual staff member The
- rganisation
Has the world become more dangerous for aid workers in the last 20 years?
Please type yes or no According to the Norwegian Peace Institute the world is just as dangerous to aid workers today as 20 years ago
COGNITIVE BIA IAS
Mental short-cuts It defines how we as human beings see the world It impacts our ability to do Security Risk Assessments
The availability heuristic
What happens in the world
The availability heuristic
News coverage What happens in the world
A risk assessment is what you know and often what you fear
– the trick is to know which is which
Risk Assessment
The danger of mixing up causality and correlation
Drowning deaths Consumption of ice-cream
How to do a Security Risk Assessment?
5 AGENDA ALTERNATIVES
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- 5. oktober 2017
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO SECURITY
ASSESS
CONTEXT
Elements to include in the context xt assessment
Political situation Judicial system Health services Police/security Fire-fighting & emergency services Demography (Clan/tribes/social groups etc.) Infrastructure/power/water/sanitation Natural hazards (weather, earth quakes, land slides etc) Etc.
ASSESS
CONTEXT PROGRAMME
Ele lements to in include in in the programme assessment
Programme criticality (priority) Where you get the funding from Number of staff Major assets Activities Main recepients Office location(s) Etc.
Where to seek information
Police, local authorities Other organisations (UN, NGOs, CSOs etc) Staff Local population Ministry of foreign affairs, Insurance companies…. EISF.eu for great and free resources on all security related. Their Security to Go, Crisis Management, How to handle families etc are excellent resources.
ASSESS
Copenhagen LGTB rights
ASSESS
Moscow LGTB rights
ASSESS
CONTEXT PROGRAMME THREAT ASSESSMENT
ASSESS
CONTEXT PROGRAMME THREAT ASSESSMENT RISK ANALYS
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
Car accident
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
Car accident
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
CONTINGENCY PLANS
Car accident
Threats to deal with
Ebola Fraud Sexual assault Car accidents Robbery Earth quakes Etc.
Risk = threats (external) x vulnerability (internal)
Threats Vulnerability Risk Landmines Staff/volunteers are daily going into new areas Death/severe injury Fraud Judicial system is weak Programmes will close Car accidents Robberies Ebola Earth quakes Sexual assault
DECIDE
Threshold
- f
acceptable risk Below Above Control risk Share risk Avoid risk
Acceptance Deterrence Protection
Acceptance Deterrence Protection
DECIDE
Threshold
- f
acceptable risk Below Above Accept risk Control risk Share risk Avoid risk
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”DO OR DO NOT – THERE IS NO TRY”
Mission Criticality Impact if Suspended Types of Intervention Life-Saving People will suffer and lives will be lost Food, WASH, Demining, Shelter Restoration & Development of Livelihoods Loss of livelihoods, dignity, and other rights Livelihoods, Protection, MRE, Education Organization or Institutional Change Lost opportunities to improve
- ne’s situation
Advocacy, Capacity Development, Community Safety
Risk threshold guidelines
How many incidents can you deal with at any given time? How many critical incidents can you deal with at any given time? Do you have a trained and functional Crisis Management Team? Are your staff/volunteers trained (security/safety, first aid etc)? What is the programme criticality?
”DID HE GO TO DADAAB?”
SECURITY RIS ISK MANAGEMENT II II
RE-CAP, DAY 1
Duty of Care Pre-assessment Security Risk Management System Assessment (1) Decide (2)
OVERVIEW; DAY 2
Plan (3); Standard Operating Procedures & Contingency Plans Act (4) Crisis Management Evacuation Security Management Plan Training & briefs
PLAN
PLAN
MOSS
PLAN
MOSS Contingency Plans
Contingency Plans
Hibernation Relocation Evacuation Medical Evacuation Others
PLAN
MOSS Contingency Plans SOPs
Standard Operating Procedures
Travel Guards Vehicle inspection Access control (temperature for instance) Others?
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
Car accident
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
Car accident
- ccurring. Weekly exposure.
- f assets; and/or loss
- f programs; and/or
CONTINGENCY PLANS
Car accident
PLAN
MOSS Contingency Plans SOPs Local Safety Rules
PLAN
MOSS Contingency Plans SOPs Local Safety Rules Safety Improvement Plan
ACT
Reports & advisories Quality assurance Incident response Crisis management
CMP
Prepare Respond Recover
- 29. oktober 2018
”By failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail” (Benjamin Franklin)
- 11. marts 2018
”SO WHAT’S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN?”
INCIDENT DEFINITION
An event or situation with the potential to cause:
- Physical or emotional harm to people associated with the
- rg/company
- Loss of equipment and other resources
- Disruption, suspension or closure of programme activities
- Damage to reputation of the org/company
CRITICAL INCIDENT DEFINITION
An event or situation with the potential to cause:
- SERIOUS THREATS to physical or emotional harm to people
associated org/company
- SERIOUS THREAT of loss of equipment and other resources
- SIGNIFICANT disruption, suspension or closure of
programme activities
- SEVERE damage to reputation of the org/company
Types of Critical Incidents
Staff seriously injured and/or killed Threats to programme continuity Significant civil unrest/armed conflict Arrest, detention, abduction, kidnapping or hostage taking Credible threat of direct targeting Evacuation, relocation, hibernation Significant loss of assets Others?
CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEAM (CMT)
The CMT manages a crisis situation at
regional/headquarters level.
It is activated when a critical incident or any other situation is determined to be a crisis by senior management.
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM (IMT)
The IMT responds and manages critical incidents at the
Programme level to prevent (further) harm to staff
and/or loss of assets; and to ensure programme continuity. In a crisis, the IMT functions under the direction of the CMT.
FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
TEAM FUNCTIONS AND SUPPORT
CMT Family Liaison Outer circle Specialist Support C/IMT
TEAM FUNCTIO IONS and support
SCENARIO 1
It is 10am and Mark, 52yrs old and one of your Project Managers, has not shown up at the
- ffice
You’ve called him several times but there is no answer At the guest house, you find his door is locked Inside the room, you find Mark’s body. He appears to have died in his sleep. The only person listed
- n his RED (Record of
Emergency Data) is his 78yr old mother You’ve arranged for the hospital to transport his body to the morgue, but there is no refrigeration
DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY
Medical – official pronouncement of death Transport – morgue available? Storage – refrigeration available? Funeral arrangements – immediately? Family? Shipping – visas, other requirements? Family contact Communication - Internal/External Psycho-social support for colleagues
It is 9pm. You receive a call from one of the field assistant’s at a remote
- ffice. She tells you:
At 730pm, one of your vehicles struck a goat. The vehicle rolled when the driver over-corrected. 2 staff are seriously injured: the driver has a head and neck injury; the team leader has a fractured pelvis with suspected internal bleeding. The Project Officer has a broken arm but seems ok The staff have been taken to a local clinic but there is only a nurse on duty. The only doctor is away on leave. The field assistant is highly agitated and is not making much sense.
SCENARIO 2
SERIOUS INJURY
Emergency first aid and stabilization Time – no medevac at night Location – how far to closest hospital? Medical insurance carrier – inform and get authority for medevac Medevac location – how will you transport? Medevac destination – visas? Passports? Family notification and liaison Reporting – CO to RO; RO to CPH Post-incident inquiry: driving at night? Speeding? Seatbelts?
SCENARIO 3
It is 4pm. You receive a call from the Area Manager: The local authority has issued a demand for registration. This includes payment of $5,000 and 5% of all budgets for ‘administration and security costs’ They have given 1 week to comply Failure to pay will result in your agency being banned The next day, you hear that the staff of another agency working in your area has paid
PROGRAMME CONTINUITY
Suspension/Closure? Relocation of programmes? Staff? Assets? Contracts, etc? Negotiations? Budget implications (programme, RO, HQ)? Communications /Statements
Can I get sued?
Evacuation Plans
Based on historic events And based in likely events MUST be contxtalised Rehearsed Who can activte an evacuation?
- Pre-discussed scenarios that will trigger an evacuation
- Discuss and prepare a triggers & events document
Evacuation Plans cont. .
Who is included? Where to go? Who to inform?
- Insurance, all staff, senior management, family, other orgs….
Process for re-entering
- Senior (global) management decides
More staff than seats in the vehicle(s)? Is your passport in the office and you’re on your way yo the airport?
Security Management Plan
Implementable Contextualised Assessment information Security MANAGEMENT plan Standard Operating Procedures Contingency Plans
Security Management Plan cont.
Crisis Management Team Hierarchy Training requirements Updated annually
Training, g, briefs and other
Pre-arrival brief Local Safety Rules (destillation of SMP) Informed consent & Right to withdraw CMT training (global & local) In-country brief (24 hrs)
Training, g, briefs and other cont. .
Induction Context specific (Fire, earthquake etc) Incident reporting Record of Emergency Data After Action Review